CITY: Bashkir ASSR DATE OF BIRTH: 07/16/1926 DATE OF DEATH: 10/04/2013 HISTORY: Title: Junior Sergeant. Branch of the service: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. Subdivision: 30th separate cavalry Zhitomir-Novobugskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. “On March 30, 1945, he proved himself to be staunch, brave, energetic in fulfilling the assignment of the subunit command, which contributed to the timely crossing of the landing force across the Vag River near the village of Trnovets. Taking part in the landing on the right bank of the river, he personally captured two Germans with weapons, made three voyages and ensured the landing on time. " Behind these stingy phrases of the award sheet stands the extraordinary courage of a soldier who saved more than one life. Fulfilling the task, it is unlikely that Sergei Mikhailovich, and then just nineteen-year-old Seryozha, thought that he was performing a feat. Just doing the job. I was just doing my duty. I just served faithfully and honestly. A month later, on May 2, 1945, 30 km west of Brno (Czechoslovakia) in the area of ​​a grove that was in front of the front line, he was wounded when, with two soldiers of his squad, he tried to destroy a fascist sniper. The soldiers died, and Junior Sergeant Akulov was treated for a long time in five hospitals. That is why the medal "For Courage", to which he was presented, was not awarded to the hero, but for 68 years she was looking for him. Unfortunately, Sergei Mikhailovich did not live to see the ceremony for two months. Therefore, by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the award was presented to his family for eternal safekeeping.